FACEBOOK: PREVENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS

We, the undersigned, petition the relevant authorities and Facebook to take immediate action to stop this movement and end this Facebook Page " Amith Weerasinghe".

Muslim-owned shops were set alight in response and the violence spiralled out of control after monks from hardline Buddhist groups with a history of inciting violence in the past travelled to the town to negotiate the release of the accused men.

When they failed to do so, more fires were lit, dozens of people were arrested and a curfew was imposed in two towns in the district.

On Tuesday morning the body of a 24-year-old muslim man was pulled from one of the houses set on fire the previous day.

The Facebook Page called after the name of the group Leader "Amith Weerasinghe" who preaches hatred speeches, misguides our sinhala friends, is mainly responsible in creating fears amongst the minority and the recent past violence in Sri Lanka. The page is in Sinhala language and got more than 144,000 Likes.